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Prelims Practice Questions 06-06-2019

1) Global Economic Prospects (GEP) Report was recently published by which of the following organisations?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : b
  • Recently, World Bank has released the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) Report.
  • The other reports released by World Bank are as follows
  1. Ease of Doing Business
  2. World Development Report
  3. Remittance Report
  4. Ease of Living Index
  5. India Development Update
  6. Universal Health Coverage Index
  7. The Service Trade Restriction Index.

2) Consider the following statements with respect to National Statistical Office (NSO) 

  1. It will be created by merging the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
  2. It will be headed by the Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a
  • Union government has announced that the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) will be merged with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to form the National Statistical Office (NSO).
  • The NSO will be headed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).

3) For which of the following purposes, RODRA Website was launched recently?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a
  • Manpower Planning (MP) Directorate has launched a website called Retired Officers Digital Records Archive (RODRA, rodra.gov.in) to overcome lack of digitization and non-availability of latest address and contact details of veterans.
  • Manpower Planning (MP) Directorate is responsible for custody and maintenance of approximately 1.2 Lakh service records of serving and retired officers of the Indian Army.
  • Some of the facilities extended to veterans through website are updating of records, Registration and tracking of documents/ pension related grievances.

4) Consider the following statements with respect to Global Disability Summit

  1. The 2nd edition of Global Disability Summit is being held at Buenos Aires, Brazil.
  2. The objective of the summit is to deliberate on issues across the world concerning empowerment and inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : b
  • The 2nd Global Disability Summit is going to be held at Buenos Aires, Argentina during 6-8 June 2019.
  • The objective of the summit is to deliberate on issues across the world concerning empowerment and inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and to work out a mechanism for enabling them to live an independent and dignified life. 
  • 1st Global Disability Summit was held in 2018 at London.

5) Karikiyoor Rock Paintings sometimes seen in the news recently was found in which of the following states?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : c
  • 5,000 year old rock paintings are found Karikiyoor at Kil Kotagiri in the Nilgiri forests of Tamilnadu.
  • The society that painted the symbols onto these rocks were contemporaneous with the Indus Valley civilisation (IVC).
  • The rock paintings in Karikiyoor contain analogous-Indus script, meaning they resemble the script found in Indus civilization sites of northern India.
  • Members of the Irula tribal community have an ancestral link to the site.
  • The rock paintings serve both, as a “historical record,” detailing the hunting habits and ways of life of the local communities, and also a ritualistic purpose.

6) Consider the following statements with respect to Jal Sakthi Ministry

  1. It was created by merging Ministry of water resources, River development and Ganga Rejuvenation alone.
  2. Its main priority is to provide safe drinking water to People.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : b
  • Union government has created a new ministry, Jal Shakti to provide safe drinking water to people.
  • It has been created by reorganizing the earlier Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
  • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has also been added to it.
  • Jal Shakti ministry will ensure clean water and top class irrigation water facilities for the farmers.

7) Consider the following statements with respect to India Meteorological Department (IMD)

  1. It is also mandated to detect and locate earthquakes and to evaluate seismicity in different parts of the country for development projects.
  2. It works under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : c

8) Consider the following pairs

  1. Salalah Port – Oman
  2. Sabang Port – Yemen
  3. Fujairah Port – U.A.E

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : c
  • Sabang Port is located in Indonesia.

9) Mahao Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which of the following states?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a
  • Mahao Wildlife Sanctuary located in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.

10) Which one of the following pairs of islands is separated from each other by the ‘Ten Degree Channel’?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a
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